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How Not to Explore the Arctic
Wade Wiebe, Guest Author
Advocate, South Eastman Transition Initiative
On the morning of May 9th 1845, H.M. ships Erebus and Terror set sail with a crew of 129 men from Greenhithe, England on an ill-fated arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage to the Orient. Captain John Franklin led the mission which would end in the death of the entire crew. From the outset, the mission was seemingly well-equipped. Each ship had a steam-powered engine and central heating system, as well as three years’ reserves of food including, among many other things: 97,500lbs of meat; 136,700lbs of flour and 9,300lbs of lemon juice. The mission is thought to have failed ultimately due to a series of unexpectedly cold winters, combined with the effects of lead poisoning. But I think it can be argued that there was another, even more fundamental cause: Lack of imagination.